Dunkirk

I think that the motives behind anyone following a socialist path are honorable. Concern for the less well off, a passion for social justice and opposition to racial prejudice are among a number of widely accepted values that lead many towards the political Left.

The Left will assert that social conservatives could never hold these values. That they come from the privileged elites and that those from humbler backgrounds are simply duped by clever talking Tory types. According to the Left, conservative values center around free market economics and very little else.

During my youth I opposed the Thatcher government's free market onslaught on the British way of life. I believed that they were creating a value free society where profit was placed before the needs ...

I wonder if I could have some opinions on this, it is a little involved but I think is indicative of how our government conducts itself, in this case, with regard tackling benefit cheats.

Essentially, my Parent's next-door-neighbour has recently been acquitted of benefit fraud.

My Parents are somewhat elderly and I am not well acquainted with their neighbour so I can’t really vouch for the accuracy of all the details. Nevertheless, even if the story as relayed to me is slightly exaggerated it still represents a harrowing account of how a middle aged disabled woman was mistreated at the hands of the Police and the DWP.

The Woman in question is in her 50's and physically disabled due to having lost the lower half of one of her legs. She therefore ...